Pretty Painted Birdhouse

Make a birdhouse that filled with whimsy and fun. Use cute images, paint and other embellishments to perk up a plain wooden birdhouse. This handmade piece to display in a garden on on a shelf. The light colors make it bright and sunny.


 

Materials:

• Cutie Pie images - Pretty Posie", "Flowers For You", "Green House", "What a Sweetheart"
• Wood bird house
• Plaid Crackle Medium
• Fiskars heart punches
• Brown cardstock
• Glue
• Gingham ribbon
• Lace ribbon
• Pearls
• Button tops
• Embellishments

Instructions:

1. The images that I used are - "Pretty Posie", "Flowers For You" the "Green House" and then even though she isn't part of the In the Garden release, I totally adore her, so I had to use "What a Sweetheart". I just wish the bird house had been larger so I could have added even more of them!
    
2. I purchased a wood bird house from the craft store. I painted the first coat with a chocolate brown. Then I painted with Plaid Crackle Medium. You have to let it dry completely. Then I painted the top coat with a cream paint. All of my paints are acrylic. As it dries... the crackle magic happens. Love watching that!
    
3. Then, for the roof I punched a whole lot of Fiskars heart punches out of coordinating brown cardstock and I sanded each one. Then lots of glue and you layer them to create the shingles on the roof. The ridge I added gingham ribbon, and then a row of pearls, it reminded me of those Victorian houses and their awesome time decorations across the tops. Around the edge, pretty woven lace ribbon, and button tops. A olive green matching lace ribbon around the bottom for a grass type of bottom.
    
4. At that point... you just dig through all the stuff you have stashed over time. I found lots of little pieces that were just perfect for the garden theme - a little shovel, a flowers sign, tiny little plastic flowers, little sayings and quotes, a clock face, chipboard flourishes and lots of bling items. This is where I tend to go a bit overboard, the little embellishments, but I forced myself to stop. I don't think I did too much.